"All in all, the survey results say OP is a VERY SPECIAL PLACE,..." Asst. Vill. Mgr. when presenting OP Survey Results to Board. I read "Very Special Place" over and over. I was having a deja vu moment. So I googled it and...

Oak Park does not need the cut through traffic on Madison. Madison chokes down to 2 lanes at Forest Park (which everyone is so impressed with). People don't need to go 40mph in town. When you apply these "road diets" which reduces the...

Is the accuracy of the Village's account of inspections as flawed at this last statement "The Building and Property Standards Department has spoken with the building's owners, Leonard and Sara Stann, and it appears they will fully...

As Clear As Mud - Dennis Marani, the president of the Madison Street Business Association, held off on endorsing the proposal on Monday. But he said the biz group "did not respond negatively" to the idea of putting Madison on a road diet. ...

Factually speaking, the success of Forest Park's Madison Street has little to do with it being walkable or with two lane traffic. It's due to much lower commercial rents than in downtown Oak Park, a village government that is much easier...

December 5 is the Sertus meeting, but you might want to consider the November 28 meeting on the Madison St. Plan that recommends spending $7.7M to reduce the street from 5 lanes to 3 lanes in order to make the businesses more appealing. If nothing...

Craig, finding the financial details of a TIF is impossible in OP. I search around the cluttered closet (OP Website) for a while with no luck, but did find at http://www.oak-park.us/News/Special_Report_Madison Street Corridor_Planning.htm, two...

Barbara, How are these adults from outside Oak Park going to get the memo about the age limit? I'm interested to hear what reactions YOU get from these adults when you tell them they're past the age limit. I know a few people who told...